John DonohueJohn "Chick" Donohue joined the United States Marine Corps at the age of seventeen, then became a Merchant Mariner after his discharge. After the war, he became a Sandhog, or tunnel builder, and eventually became the Legislative and Political Directo of Sandhogs, Local 147, Laborers International Union of North America., and graduated from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government He is married to Theresa "Terri" O'Neil.